My mom always made sure we had a Y membership when I was growing up. I took swimming lessons, learned some gymnastics, break-danced in the 80s, and became a lifeguard at the Macomb Family YMCA. My last year and a half at NMU, I worked for the YMCA in Marquette — this is where I [...]
A week off from swimming can seem like a lifetime. It was tough making myself go to practice tonight. Life is rarely more discouraging than times when you are passed by those who were well below your abilities this time last year. All too often lately, it seems that this is the case. And just [...]
Its all ok though…. we have clean pajamas….. transitions flowing up and down hills valleys plains and platteaus i am yours past present and future you are what you are you are get to the point circles endless words letters pixels nieve what’ve you got to loose?
Fuck. Damnit. Here’s an odd bit of irony. I just spent 20 minutes writing a post about how overwhelming and complex my life has become, and *poof* it is gone. Looked away for a minute to view “My Network Places” (Nick has just gotten WINS working on our LAN), and when I went back to [...]
Sometimes I get tired of listening to myself complain. You’d think, that if I’m sick of hearing it, I’d stop, right? Well, apparently that isn’t the case. See, I’m in termoil. There are a great many things I like about my job — the company, the people I support, the opporunity… But unfortunately, there are [...]
Off once again to the dread called Martinsville. The company I work for has a central office in Martinsville, Indiana — which is, consequently, the center of our IT departent. I, being in a “probabtion” period which involves auditioning for a non-existent job, am lucky enough to get to go there 6-9 days per month. [...]
Now this is how weekends should be. Mellow, relaxing and somewhat constructive. This was a mentally refreshing weekend. Friday night was uneventful and entertaining — good dinner at a good bar, final chapter of a good Woody Allenmovie that we’d been working on for a couple of weeks, a bit of influence and a good [...]
So, maybe there is some compassion left in this world. I know I often forget how to be compassionate, but I probably realize that more than most. A friend (same friend who just kicked her son out of the house) is having a big party next weekend and she wanted to hire a DJ (but [...]
I have decided not to have children. I’m a successful professional person with a house, a husband, see-you-on-the-weekend kids, and a dog. That’s about all I can handle.
I’d really like to know when my life became so busy and chaotic that free time seems like more of a chore than a luxury. Can it still be considered free time if ou don’t feel free to do what you want because you’re too busy making up for things you didn’t do in your [...]